DURHAM, N.C. –North Carolina Central University student-athletes boast a combined cumulative grade point average of 3.02 at the conclusion of the spring semester.
 
"Our student-athletes understand the importance of academic achievement, as is reflective in our current overall grade point average," said NCCU Director of Athletics Dr. Ingrid Wicker McCree. "I applaud their hard work and effort in the classroom. I want to also thank our hard-working athletics academic support staff for all that they do to ensure our student-athletes are successful in the classroom."
 
Fifty-four percent of NCCU student-athletes have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better, including eight individuals with perfect 4.0 overall GPAs.
 
The NCCU teams with the best cumulative grade point averages are men's tennis (3.68), women's tennis (3.58), baseball (3.34), women's volleyball (3.31), women's basketball (3.29) and softball (3.21).
 
In the spring semester, 138 student-athletes posted GPAs of 3.0 and above, including 17 with 4.0 semester GPAs.
 
During fall and spring commencement ceremonies in 2017-18, 58 NCCU student-athletes earned degrees. In addition, four student-athletes will graduate in three years after the summer semester.
 
Individually, men's tennis senior Dillon Strepay (Cary, N.C.) was presented with the Chancellor's Award for Academic Excellence - NCCU's top academic award - during Spring Honors Convocation, while senior infielder Andrew Valichka (Pedricktown, N.J.) was voted to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Baseball Team as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).